Lia Keramari

Greenhouse

Sali, a young man of Albanian origin, has dropped out of school and works at greenhouses. He wants to save enough money to go through the tryout process of Juventus Academy. But to realize his dream, he must first overcome a series of hurdles in his harsh daily life.

The Chaos She Left Behind

Anna, in her late twenties, feels like her life is sliding away from her hands. A ticket to a music school in Paris might be the last chance to pursue her dream unless her manipulative, self-destructive alcoholic father stands in her way.

The City and the City

Six chapters describe the lives and perils of Thessaloniki’s Jewish community which was almost entirely exterminated by the Nazis in 1943. Past and present become an echo chamber in which the viewer experiences, aghast, the madness of humanity.